Colin: Those are cool early predictions; it will be interesting to see what happens in a year's time. Maybe Clint Eastwood will add a few more nominations to his total. I was extremely disappointed that he did not get a best actor nomination for Gran Torino. I also thought the title song would get nominated. Perhaps the Academy members thought Clint had been rewarded enough in recent years.

HERE, I HAVE MADE A LIST OF POSSIBLE NAMES THAT CAN GET THE OSCAR NOMINATION

BEST MOTION PICTURE

1939
All Good Things
Amelia
An Education
The Boat that Rocked
Brothers
Broken Embraces
Cheri
Crossing Over
Dali & I: The Surreal Story
Edge of Darkness
Frankie Machine
The Human Factor
Inglorious Bastards
Is Anybody There?
Julie & Julia
Lincoln
Love Ranch
The Lovely Bones
My Sister's Keeper
Nine
Nottingham
Public Enemies
The Road
State of Play
Sherlock Holmes
Shuttter Island
The Soloist
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Tempest
Tetro
The Wolfman
Whatever Whings
Where the Wild Things
Within the Whirlwind

BEST DIRECTING

Stephen Poliakoff - 1939
Andrew Jarecki - All Good Things
Mira Nair - Amelia
Lone Scherfig - An Education
Richard Curtis - The Boat that Rocked
Jim Sheridan - Brothers
Pedro Almodóvar - Broken Embraces
Stephen Frears - Cheri
Steven Soderbergh - Che, The Argentine, Part II
Wayne Kramer - Crossing Over
Andrew Nicol - Dali & I: The Surreal Story
Martin Campbell - Edge of Darkness
Michael Mann - Frankie Machine
Paul Greengrass - Green Zone
Clint Eastwood - The Human Factor
Steven Soderbergh - The Informant
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Bastards
John Crowley - Is Anybody There?
Nora Ephron - Julie & Julia
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Peter Jackson - The Lovely Bones
Taylor Hadford - Love Ranch
Nick Cassavetes - My Sister's Keeper
Rob Marshall - Nine
Ridley Scott - Nottingham
Michael Mann - Public Enemies
John Hillcoat - The Road
Guy Ritchie - Sherlock Holmes
Martin Scorsese - Shuttter Island
Joe Wright - The Soloist
Julie Taymor - The Tempest
Kevin Macdonald - State of Play
Tony Scott - The Taking of Pelham 123
Ang Lee - Taking Woodstock
Francis Ford Coppola - Tetro
Joe Johnston - The Wolfman
Woody Allen - Whatever Works
Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things
Marleen Gorris - Within the Whirlwind

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Michael Caine - Harry Brown
Michael Caine - Is Anybody There?
Jim Carrey - I Love You Phillip Morris
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Russell Crowe - Nottingham
Russell Crowe - State of Play
John Cusack - Shanghai
Matt Damon - Green Zone
Matt Damon - The Informant
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Benicio Del Toro - The Wolfman
Benicio Del Toro - Che, The Argentine, Part II
Robert DeNiro - Frankie Machine
Johnny Depp - Public Enemies
Leonardo DiCaprio - Shuttter Island
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Colin Farrell - Crazy Heart
Harrison Ford - Crossing Over
Morgan Freeman - The Human Factor
Rupert Friend - Cheri
Mel Gibson - Edge of Darkness
Ryan Gosling - All Good Things
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brothers
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Boat that Rocked
John Hurt - No One Gets Off in This Town
Jeremy Irons - The Tempest
Martin Landau - Lovely, Still
Demitri Martin - Taking Woodstock
Ewan McGregor - Amelia
Viggo Mortensen - The Road
Liam Neeson - Lincoln
Bill Nighy - 1939
Clive Owen - Duplicity
Al Pacino - Dali & I: The Surreal Story
Joe Pesci - Love Ranch
Brad Pitt - Inglorious Bastards
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Peter Sarsgaard - An Education
David Strathairn - The Tempest
John Travolta - The Taking of Pelham 123
Denzel Washington - The Taking of Pelham 123
Mark Wahlberg - The Lovely Bones

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Romola Garai - 1939
Kate Beckinsale - Everbody's Fine
Halle Berry - Frankie & Alice
Brenda Blethyn - No One Gets Off in This Town
Ellen Burstyn - Lovely, Still
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Penélope Cruz - Broken Embraces
Julie Delpy - The Countess
Cameron Diaz - My Sister's Keeper
Sally Field - Lincoln
Marcia Gay Harden - Home
Gong Li - Shanghai
Kate Mera - Flying Lessons
Helen Mirren - The Tempest
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Helen Mirren - Love Ranch
Demi Moore - Happy Tears
Emily Mortimer - Shutter Island
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Michelle Pfeiffer - Cheri
Michelle Pfeiffer - Personal Effects
Natalie Portman - Brothers
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Saorise Ronan - The Lovely Bones
Maya Rudolph - Away We Go
Maggie Smith - From Time to Time
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Hilary Swank - Amelia
Audrey Tautou - Coco Avant Chanel
Charlize Theron - The Road
Emma Thompson - The Boat that Rocked
Emily Watson - Within the Whirlwind
Evan Rachel Wood - Whatever Works

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Ben Affleck - State of Play
Philip Baker Hall - All Good Things
Alec Baldwin - My Sister's Keeper
Christian Bale - Public Enemies
Henry Cavill - Whatever Works
Chris Cooper - The Tempest
Billy Crudup - Public Enemies
Alan Cumming - The Tempest
Matt Damon - The Human Factor
Jeff Daniels - Away We Go
Richard Dreyfuss - Leaves of Grass
Robert Duvall - The Road
Jackie Earle Haley - Shuttter Island
Jamie Foxx - The Soloist
James Galdonfini - The Taking of Pelham 123
Paul Giamatti - The Last Station
Paul Giamatti - Duplicity
Brendan Gleeson - Green Zone
Djimon Hounsou - The Tempest
Richard Kind - A Serious Man
Ben Kingsley - Shuttter Island
Jude Law - Sherlock Holmes
Ray Liotta - Crossing Over
Christopher Lee - 1939
Anthony Hopkins - The Wolfman
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
James McAvoy - The Last Station
Richard Gere - Amelia
Ewan McGregor - I Love You Phillip Morris
Alfred Molina - The Tempest
Cillian Murphy -Dali & I: The Surreal Story
Bill Nighy - The Boat that Rocked
Liev Schreiber- Taking Woodstock
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road
Timothy Spall - From Time to Time
Jim Sturgess - Crossing Over
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Max Von Sydow - Shuttter Island
Tom Wilkinson - Duplicity
Ray Winstone - Edge of Darkness

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams - Julie & Julia
Kathy Bates - Cheri
Kathy Bates - Personal Effects
Emily Blunt - The Wolfman
Abigail Breslin - My Sister's Keeper
Julie Christie - 1939
Patricia Clarkson - Shuttter Island
Patricia Clarkson - Whatever Works
Penélope Cruz - Nine
Judi Dench - Nine
Kate Hudson - Nine
Ashley Judd - Crossing Over
Catherine Keener - The Soloist
Nicole Kidman - Nine
Sophia Loren - Nine
Virginia Madsen - Amelia
Rachel McAdams - Sherlock Holmes
Mo'Nique - Precious
Amy Ryan - Green Zone
Susan Sarandon - The Lovely Bones
Imelda Staunton - Taking Woodstock
Rachel Weisz - The Lovely Bones
Michelle Williams - Shuttter Island

BEST MOTION PICTURE
Cheri
The Human Factor
The Lovely Bones
Nine
Shuttter Island

BEST DIRECTING
Stephen Frears - Cheri
Clint Eastwood - The Human Factor
Peter Jackson - The Lovely Bones
Rob Marshall - Nine
Martin Scorsese - Shuttter Island

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Michael Caine - Is Anybody There?
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Leonardo DiCaprio - Shuttter Island
Morgan Freeman - The Human Factor
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cameron Diaz - My Sister's Keeper
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Michelle Pfeiffer - Cheri
Hilary Swank - Amelia
Emily Watson - Within the Whirlwind

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Matt Damon - The Human Factor
Christopher Lee - 1939
James McAvoy - The Last Station
Bill Nighy - The Boat that Rocked
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kathy Bates - Cheri
Abigail Breslin - My Sister's Keeper
Julie Christie - 1939
Sophia Loren - Nine
Rachel Weisz - The Lovely Bones

winners (very early)

BEST MOTION PICTURE: The Lovely Bones
BEST DIRECTING: Martin Scorsese - Shuttter Island
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Michael Caine - Is Anybody There?
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Emily Watson - Within the Whirlwind
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Kathy Bates - Cheri

BEST FILM

1939
A Serious Man
All Good Things
Amelia
An Education
Away We Go
Biutiful
The Boat that Rocked
Bright Star
Brothers
Broken Embraces
Che, The Argentine, Part II
Chéri
Coco Avant Chanel
The Countess
Crazy Heart
Creation
Crossing Over
Dirt Music
Dorian Gray
Edge of Darkness
Everybody's Fine
Green Zone
Flying Lessons
From Time to Time
Harry Brown
Home
The Human Factor
The Hurt Locker
I Love You Phillip Morris
The Informant
Inglorious Bastards
Is Anybody There?
Julie & Julia
Last Night
Leaves of Grass
Love Ranch
Lovely, Still
The Lovely Bones
Mammoth
My Own Love Song
Nine
Nottingham
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Public Enemies
The Road
My Sister's Keeper
Shanghai
State of Play
Sherlock Holmes
Shuttter Island
The Soloist
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Taking of Pelham 123
Taking Woodstock
The Tempest
Tetro
The Tree of Life
Up in the Air
The Wolfman
Whatever Whings
Where the Wild Things
Within the Whirlwind
The Young Victoria

BEST ANIMATED FILM

9
Astro Boy
A Christmas Carol
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
G-Force
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Planet 51
Mary and Max
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Princess and the Frog
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Vanilla Gorilla
Up

BEST DIRECTOR

Stephen Poliakoff - 1939
Andrew Jarecki - All Good Things
Mira Nair - Amelia
Lone Scherfig - An Education
Sam Mendes - Away We Go
Richard Curtis - The Boat that Rocked
Jane Campion - Bright Star
Jim Sheridan - Brothers
Pedro Almodóvar - Broken Embraces
Steven Soderbergh - Che, The Argentine, Part II
Stephen Frears - Chéri
Jon Amiel - Creation
Wayne Kramer - Crossing Over
Phillip Noyce - Dirt Music
Martin Campbell - Edge of Darkness
Kirk Jones - Everybody's Fine
Paul Greengrass - Green Zone
Clint Eastwood - The Human Factor
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Steven Soderbergh - The Informant
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Bastards
John Crowley - Is Anybody There?
Nora Ephron - Julie & Julia
Peter Jackson - The Lovely Bones
Taylor Hadford - Love Ranch
Rob Marshall - Nine
Ridley Scott - Nottingham
Rebecca Miller - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Michael Mann - Public Enemies
John Hillcoat - The Road
Guy Ritchie - Sherlock Holmes
Martin Scorsese - Shuttter Island
Joe Wright - The Soloist
Julie Taymor - The Tempest
Kevin Macdonald - State of Play
Tony Scott - The Taking of Pelham 123
Ang Lee - Taking Woodstock
Francis Ford Coppola - Tetro
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
Joe Johnston - The Wolfman
Woody Allen - Whatever Works
Spike Jonze - Where the Wild Things
Marleen Gorris - Within the Whirlwind

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Paul Bettany - Creation
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Michael Caine - Harry Brown
Michael Caine - Is Anybody There?
Jim Carrey - I Love You Phillip Morris
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Russell Crowe - Dirt Music
Russell Crowe - Nottingham
Russell Crowe - State of Play
John Cusack - Shanghai
Matt Damon - Green Zone
Matt Damon - The Informant
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Benicio Del Toro - The Wolfman
Benicio Del Toro - Che, The Argentine, Part II
Johnny Depp - Public Enemies
Robert De Niro - Everybody's Fine
Leonardo DiCaprio - Shuttter Island
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist
Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Colin Farrell - Crazy Heart
Harrison Ford - Crossing Over
Morgan Freeman - The Human Factor
Rupert Friend - Chéri
Mel Gibson - Edge of Darkness
Ryan Gosling - All Good Things
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brothers
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Boat that Rocked
Jeremy Irons - The Tempest
Martin Landau - Lovely, Still
Demitri Martin - Taking Woodstock
Ewan McGregor - Amelia
Viggo Mortensen - The Road
Bill Nighy - 1939
Joe Pesci - Love Ranch
Brad Pitt - Inglorious Bastards
Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Adam Sandler - Funny People
Peter Sarsgaard - An Education
David Strathairn - The Tempest
Michael Stuhlberg - A Serious Man
Mark Wahlberg - The Lovely Bones
Denzel Washington - The Taking of Pelham 123
Ben Whishaw - Bright Star

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Amy Adams - Julie & Julia
Shohreh Aghdashloo - The Stoning of Soraya M.
Kate Beckinsale - Everbody's Fine
Halle Berry - Frankie & Alice
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Ellen Burstyn - Lovely, Still
Jennifer Connelly - Creation
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
Penélope Cruz - Broken Embraces
Julie Delpy - The Countess
Cameron Diaz - My Sister's Keeper
Romola Garai - 1939
Marcia Gay Harden - Home
Rebecca Hall - Dorian Gray
Keira Knightley - Last Night
Gong Li - Shanghai
Kate Mera - Flying Lessons
Helen Mirren - The Tempest
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Helen Mirren - Love Ranch
Demi Moore - Happy Tears
Emily Mortimer - Shutter Island
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Michelle Pfeiffer - Chéri
Natalie Portman - Brothers
Saorise Ronan - The Lovely Bones
Maya Rudolph - Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Maggie Smith - From Time to Time
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Hilary Swank - Amelia
Audrey Tautou - Coco Avant Chanel
Charlize Theron - The Road
Charlize Theron - The Burning Plain
Emma Thompson - The Boat that Rocked
Emily Watson - Within the Whirlwind
Rachel Weisz - Agora
Rachel Weisz - Dirt Music
Michelle Williams - Mammoth
Evan Rachel Wood - Whatever Works
Robin Wright Penn - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Renee Zellweger - My Own Love Song

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Ben Affleck - State of Play
Alan Arkin - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Philip Baker Hall - All Good Things
Alec Baldwin - My Sister's Keeper
Christian Bale - Public Enemies
Henry Cavill - Whatever Works
Chris Cooper - The Tempest
Billy Crudup - Public Enemies
Alan Cumming - The Tempest
Matt Damon - The Human Factor
Jeff Daniels - Away We Go
Richard Dreyfuss - Leaves of Grass
Robert Duvall - The Road
Jackie Earle Haley - Shuttter Island
Colin Farrell - Dirt Music
Jamie Foxx - The Soloist
Richard Gere - Amelia
Paul Giamatti - The Last Station
Brendan Gleeson - Green Zone
Djimon Hounsou - The Tempest
Jason Isaacs - Green Zone
Richard Kind - A Serious Man
Ben Kingsley - Shuttter Island
Jude Law - Sherlock Holmes
Ray Liotta - Crossing Over
Christopher Lee - 1939
Anthony Hopkins - The Wolfman
Tobey Maguire - Brothers
James McAvoy - The Last Station
Jeremy Northam - Creation
Ewan McGregor - I Love You Phillip Morris
Alfred Molina - The Tempest
Bill Nighy - The Boat that Rocked
Sean Penn - The Tree of Life
Keanu Reeves - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Liev Schreiber- Taking Woodstock
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road
Timothy Spall - From Time to Time
Jim Sturgess - Crossing Over
John Travolta - The Taking of Pelham 123
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
Max Von Sydow - Shuttter Island
Ray Winstone - Edge of Darkness

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kim Basinger - The Burning Plain
Drew Barrymore - Everybody's Fine
Kathy Bates - Chéri
Kate Beckinsale - Everybody's Fine
Maria Bello - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Monica Bellucci - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Emily Blunt - The Wolfman
Abigail Breslin - My Sister's Keeper
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
Julie Christie - 1939
Patricia Clarkson - Shuttter Island
Patricia Clarkson - Whatever Works
Penélope Cruz - Nine
Judi Dench - Nine
Kate Hudson - Nine
Ashley Judd - Crossing Over
Catherine Keener - The Soloist
Nicole Kidman - Nine
Sophia Loren - Nine
Virginia Madsen - Amelia
Rachel McAdams - Sherlock Holmes
Mo'Nique - Precious
Julianne Moore - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Amy Ryan - Green Zone
Winona Ryder - The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Susan Sarandon - The Lovely Bones
Imelda Staunton - Taking Woodstock
Emma Thompson - An Education
Emma Thompson - The Boat that Rocked
Rachel Weisz - The Lovely Bones
Michelle Williams - Shuttter Island

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Amelia
Brothers
Chéri
Coco Avant Chanel
Crazy Heart
Creation
Dorian Gray
Green Zone
From Time to Time
The Human Factor
The Informant
Julie & Julia
The Lovely Bones
Nine
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Road
Sherlock Holmes
Shuttter Island
The Soloist
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Taking Woodstock
Up in the Air
The Wolfman
Within the Whirlwind

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1939
A Serious Man
All Good Things
An Education
Away We Go
Biutiful
The Boat that Rocked
Bright Star
Broken Embraces
Che, The Argentine, Part II
The Countess
Crossing Over
Dirt Music
Edge of Darkness
Everybody's Fine
Flying Lessons
Harry Brown
Home
The Hurt Locker
I Love You Phillip Morris
Inglorious Bastards
Is Anybody There?
Last Night
Leaves of Grass
Love Ranch
Lovely, Still
Mammoth
My Own Love Song
Nottingham
Public Enemies
My Sister's Keeper
Shanghai
State of Play
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Tempest
Tetro
The Tree of Life
Up
Whatever Whings
Where the Wild Things
The Young Victoria

i really feel like seven pounds should be considered as a nomination for any movie awards period...will smith and rosario dawson deserve it for their amazing roles in this movie that touched my heart deeply...im not putting any of the other movies down but...this one in particular should be recognized...seriously

Best Actress:

Hilary Swank: Betty Anne Waters

cmon somebody put watchmen in there it deserves somethin, like best visual/special effects or best adapted screenplay or even best editing

cmon somebody put watchmen in there it deserves somethin, like best visual/special effects or best adapted screenplay or even best editing

Best Picture: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Shutter Island
Best Director: Michael Mann
Dark Horse: Martin Scorsese
Best Original Screenplay: Ronan Bennet and Michael Mann for Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Bob Peterson and Pete Doctor for Up
Best Adapted Screenplay: Laeta Kalogridis for Shutter Island
Dark Horse: Anthony Peckham for The Human Factor
Best Actor: Johnny Depp in Public Enemies
Best Actress: Amy Adams in Julie and Julia
Dark Horse: Michelle Williams in Mammoth
Best Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx in The Soloist "Not a fantastic film but a fantastic performance"
Dark Horse: Christian Bale in Public Enemies
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams in Shutter Island
Dark Horse: Drew Barrymore in Everybody's Fine
Best Sound Mixing: Up
Dark Horse: Terminator Salvation
Best Sound Editing: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Visual Effects: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Film Editing: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Public Enemies
Best Cinematography: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Public Enemies
Best Art Direction: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Terminator Salvation
Best Costume Design: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Shutter Island
Best Makeup: The Wolfman
Dark Horse: Terminator Salvation
Best Animated Feature: Up
Dark Horse: The Princess and the Frog
Best Original Score: Up
Dark Horse: Public Enemies
Best Documentary Feature: Burma VJ

Oh yeah and my dark horse for best actor is: Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes

Inglorious Basterds might also end up winning best original screenplay and and a couple of more oscars.

Leo Dicaprio could also have a chance of winning an oscar for once also.

But I think the best performance in Shutter Island will be Michelle Williams.

Public Enemies is an adapted screenplay, my mistake.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Shutter Island

Best Original Screenplay: Up
Dark Horse: Inglorious Basterds

There's an indie called GET LOW that was made very quietly starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek that I'm starting to hear some good buzz about. May be a factor come award season.

I think that the BEST ACTRESS category will be a toss up between Meryl Streep and Hillary Swank - Apparently the release date of Julie and Julia ( which stares Meryl) was prosponed because the film producers were so impressed by her performance that they thought that she could win an oscar for it so they realeased it closser to the time when award ballots are due to be posted!!!!!

let me restart that

Best Picture: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Shutter Island
Best Director: Michael Mann
Dark Horse: Martin Scorsese
Best Original Screenplay: Bob Peterson and Pete Doctor for Up
Dark Horse: Inglorious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Ronan Bennet and Michael Mann for Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Laeta Kalogridis
Best Actor: Johnny Depp in Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes
Best Actress: Amy Adams in Julie and Julia
Dark Horse: Hillary Swank in Amelia
Best Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx in The Soloist "Not a fantastic film but a fantastic performance"
Dark Horse: Ben Kingsley in Shutter Island
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams in Shutter Island
Dark Horse: Drew Barrymore in Everybody's Fine
Best Sound Mixing: Up
Dark Horse: Public Enemies
Best Sound Editing: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Visual Effects: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Film Editing: Terminator Salvation
Dark Horse: Public Enemies
Best Cinematography: Shutter Island
Dark Horse: Terminator Salvation
Best Art Direction: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Amelia
Best Costume Design: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Amelia
Best Makeup: The Wolfman
Dark Horse: Terminator Salvation
Best Animated Feature: Up
Dark Horse: The Princess and the Frog
Best Original Score: Public Enemies
Dark Horse: Up
Best Documentary Feature: Burma VJ

Here are my oscar predictions based on anticipation as well as whats been released.

==Best Picture==
Precious
Invictus (WINNER)
The Hurt locker
Bright Star
Public Enemies

==Best Director==
Rob Marshall, Nine
Lee Daniels, Precious (WINNER)
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Kevin Macdonald, State of Play
Clint Eastwood, Invictus

==Best Actor==
Johnny Depp, Public Enemies
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Morgan Freeman, Invictus (WINNER)
Tahar Rahim, A Prophet
Russell Crowe, State of Play

==Best Actress==
Audrey Tautou, Coco Avant Chanel (WINNER)
Halle Berry, Frankie and Alice
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Hilary Swank, Amelia
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

==Best Supporting Actor==
Jason Bateman, State of Play
Peter Sasgaard, An Education
Matt Damon, Invictus
Jamie Foxx, The Soloist (WINNER)
Christian Bale, Public Enemies

==Best Supporting Actress==
Sophia Loren, Nine
Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan
Mo'Nique, Precious (WINNER)
Kathy Bates, Cheri
Penelope Cruz, Nine

==Best Animation==
Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosauors
9 (WINNER)
Caroline
The Princess and The Frog
Monsters vs Aliens

I think Halle Berry will have a comeback and take home another oscar with Frankie & Alcie.

Hey teddy, I like your list. Is it possible that African Americans will take all the acting awards?

Best Picture: Nine
Best Director: Rob Marshall for nine
best actor: Morgan Freeman for invictus
best actress: Hilary Swank for amelia
best supporting actor: Christina bale for public enemies
best supporting actress: Monique for precious

I SAY BEST ACTOR WILL BE MORGAN FREEMAN AND BEST ACTRESS WILL BE HALLE BERRY. BEST PICTURE WILL PROBABLY BE STATE OF PLAY.

I would love to see Halle berry win another oscar but she will have some competition. Morgan freeman should be winning his second oscar. They should feel bad for not giving him more than one.

I hope Viola Davis gets a lead role. She is probably the most talented actress there is. I hate when black people get mad when shows like the ocsars do not award them but when Viola didn't win, I was very pissed. She need a lead oscar.